Thanks ... I literally cost me 8 dollars to get the cap and finial on the top. I had all the paint already, the hardest part was tearing apart the pallet -- they are actually put together pretty well :\

I will pass this along, if you suck at freehand etc. Download and print out what you want to put on the sign, use a pencil and cover the back of the printing in pencil rubbings and it basically makes carbon paper. Put the paper on your wood, trace it out and it will transfer the image ... easy peasy.

@Rainmaker, you will have to make a sign that says "Bunker 0 miles" that points straight down.

The most important six inches on the battlefield ... is between your ears.

I like it, but I do think that your little red house could use a few more rooms, added on.

This reminds me of an idea I had to use a few of those prefab sheds as hunting cabins. You can buy prefab cabins, but some of the sheds are nice enough to convert into camping style cabins.

With a little decorative work like @Mjolnir did, you could put a few of those sheds around a big gazebo and make a nice little place in the mountains to escape to on the weekends for not a lot of money.

I got the idea from the Russians who are known for keeping little shacks outside of town with gardening plots that they call dachas.

They go to them on the weekends to drink vodka, grill sausages, drink vodka, tend their gardens, and drink vodka.

This reminds me of an idea I had to use a few of those prefab sheds as hunting cabins. You can buy prefab cabins, but some of the sheds are nice enough to convert into camping style cabins.

I looked at those, when it was all said and done with all the remodeling we were doing we had all the 2x4s and plywood I needed ... I just needed some siding, windows and the cupola. The pilings I put the shed on I originally did too small (I increased the size of the shed after I poured the pilings) so I used cinder blocks to boost/support the edges. All told the shed cost me about $300 not counting the stuff I had as scrap from the house & detached garage. Add in the cost of that stuff ... about $500 - $600 and a weekend ... I had done the pilings about 2 weeks before and that took a whole day for 9 of them.

I will post some pics of the inside of the house that I did 3 years ago ... a lot of which is torn up from a water leak right now

The most important six inches on the battlefield ... is between your ears.